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Chef de cave Frédéric Panaïotis arrived at Ruinart for his first vintage in 2007, a vintage full of "weather challenges" for Pinot Noir, there is no doubt Fred truly mastered it with this champagne which is 80% Chardonnay and the remainder is 20% Pinot Noir added as red wine.
The rosé prestige cuvée of Champagne Ruinart, Dom Ruinart Rosé is a Grand Cru only blend of Dom Ruinart Chardonnay topped off with 15-20% red wine from the Montagne de Reims. Since the first vintage in 1966, this cuvée is consistently ranked amongst the greatest rosés on the market. The Pinot Noir red wine is sourced from the Grand Cru villages of Sillery and Verzenay and macerated on the skins for nine days before pressing, extracting the pink colour and soft fruit tannins. Blending this red wine into the assemblage gives a rosé with a vibrant, deep coral colour.
Weather: 2007 is an extraordinary vintage and one of the very few in Champagne when the harvest began in August. After a sunny and very warm spring, the months of June, July and August brought rather gloomy weather and heavy rainfall. And yet, these cool temperatures did nothing to counteract the vineyard’s early and rapid progress, with the grapes quickly reaching full ripeness.
Technical Information:
Vineyards: 100% Grand Cru - Chardonnay: 80% Côte des Blancs: Avize, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Chouilly and Montagne de Reims: Sillery, Verzenay | Pinot Noir: 20% vinified as red wine from a Grand Cru vineyard in Aÿ.
Grape Varieties: 80% Chardonnay & 20% Pinot Noir as red wine
Ageing: 10 years on the lees
Disgorged: February 2018
Dosage: 5 g/l
Drink: Now to 2032+
Tasting Note: The evolving colour has copper hues and the complex nose also shows fine, maturing Pinot notes. Alongside the usual apricot and spice aromas, the wine comes with a stylish gunpowdery toastiness, vanilla and layered melange of citrus fruit ranging from candied mandarin to orange peel. On the light-weight and beautifully energetic palate the Chardonnay body is evident and the wine comes across as a particularly elegant Dom Ruinart Rosé. - Tasting note by Essi Avellan MW
Although not the oldest wine estate in the region, Ruinart holds the title of the oldest established Champagne House. Dom Thierry Ruinart, friend and confidant of Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon, foretold that the new "wine with bubbles" being developed in his native region of Champagne was destined for a bright future and encouraged his nephew Nicolas Ruinart to enter the trade. When Louis XV declared that champagne could henceforth be sold in bottles instead of barrels, Nicolas heeded his uncle's advice and founded Champagne Ruinart in 1729.
Famed for their affinity for the white-grape variety, Chardonnay dominates the blend in all of Ruinart's finest cuvées, even their prestige rosé. Favouring the reductive style, they use a pneumatic press to guard the juice against oxidation and deploy nitrogen gas to protect the wine at every production stage. They are also adverse to oak and vinify all of their wines in stainless-steel tanks. Cosmopolitan and savvy, Ruinart produce approachable, muscular and vinous champagnes that deserve recognition beyond the trade industry within which they are currently most well-known.
The longest-established Champagne house of all, Ruinart has an affinity with chardonnay's freshness, finesse and elegance and all of its finest cuvées lead with this variety, even its prestige rosé. ""We hate oxygen!"" declares Frederic Panaïotis, Chef de Cave; Ruinart use a pneumatic press to guard the juice against oxidation and nitrogen gas to protect the wine at every production stage. They are also adverse to oak; vinification only takes place in stainless steel. This meticulous attention to detail along with the distinctive rounded bottles, give Ruinart its well-deserved reputation. Ruinart's Crayeres were dug by hand - the deepest measuring 38 meters in height beneath the vault - and their numerous tunnels criss-cross over a length of more than eight kilometres.
Cellar Master: Frédéric Panaïotis
Winery Location: Reims | Champagne, France
Champagne Region: Montagne de Reims
Annual Production (bottles): Undisclosed
Chef de Cave History at Champagne Ruinart:
Frédéric Panaïotis - 2007 to current | He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of champagne production, from grape selection to the final blend. Panaïotis is known for his work on the 2010 vintage, which was the first time Ruinart aged its prestige cuvée entirely under cork rather than a crown cap. He also played a key role in the development of Ruinart's rosé champagne and has a deep appreciation for the Japanese market.
Jean-François Barot - 1985 to 2003 | He was at the helm during the development of some key vintages, including the 1998 and 2002.
Bertrand Mure - 1947 - 1967 | He was the cellarmaster who created the first Dom Ruinart in 1959.
Frédéric Panaïotis - 2007 to current | He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of champagne production, from grape selection to the final blend. Panaïotis is known for his work on the 2010 vintage, which was the first time Ruinart aged its prestige cuvée entirely under cork rather than a crown cap. He also played a key role in the development of Ruinart's rosé champagne and has a deep appreciation for the Japanese market.
Bernard Peillon - 2004 to 2007 | After Barot’s departure, Bernard Peillon assumed top leadership responsibilities at Ruinart. He effectively bridged the gap between Barot and Frédéric Panaïotis and oversaw major structural and stylistic continuity during that transitional era.
Jean-François Barot - 1985 to 2003 | He was at the helm during the development of some key vintages, including the 1998 and 2002.
Bertrand Mure - 1947 - 1967 | He was the cellarmaster who created the first Dom Ruinart in 1959.
Expert Reviews
95 → 97/100
Essi Avellan MW
“The 2007 was chef de cave Frédéric Panaïotis’ first go at this iconic cuvée and despite the vintage’s challenges for Pinot Noir he truly mastered it. The evolving colour has copper hues and the complex nose also shows fine, maturing Pinot notes. Alongside the usual apricot and spice aromas, the wine comes with a stylish gunpowdery toastiness, vanilla and layered melange of citrus fruit ranging from candied mandarin to orange peel. On the light-weight and beautifully energetic palate the Chardonnay body is evident and the wine comes across as a particularly elegant Dom Ruinart Rosé.”
96/100
Essi Avellan MW
“For the rosé 2007, Dom Ruinart’s white base is coloured with 20% Pinot Noir red wine, entirely from the grand cru vineyard in Aÿ. The glossy, deep orange colour speaks of evolution. Disarmingly delicious, the coffee-complexed nose has dark, spicy tones meeting savoury orange fruitiness. Quince jelly, orange peel, cranberry and even leather and chocolate. Truly complex and ever-changing in the glass, this is firm and structured, with a lovely touch of tannin coming across towards the back palate. Super-smooth and silky, with a fine acid line running along the intense fruitiness. It's already showing outstanding complexity now, with no need to wait, but surely more of the wild, savoury and spicy Burgundian side will surface with time. It certainly has the structure for prolonged ageing. Disgorged 2/18; dosage 5g/l”
96/100
Antonio Galloni
“The 2007 Dom Ruinart Rosé is fabulous. The Rosé has all of the energy of the Blanc, with the extra richness that comes from the Pinot in the blend. Rose petal, mint, blood orange and cinnamon are some of the many aromas and flavors that are laced throughout. There is a feeling of translucence in the Rosé that is impossible to miss. I would cellar it for a few years. This is another magnificent wine from Chef de Caves Frédéric Panaïotis in his first vintage at Ruinart. Disgorged: February, 2018.”
96/100
William Kelley
“The 2007 Dom Ruinart Rosé is showing brilliantly, bursting from the glass with exuberant aromas of blood orange, tangerine and raspberries, mingled with hints of buttered toast, brioche and spices. Full-bodied, deep and vinous, it's layered and elegantly muscular, with terrific concentration and a racy spine of acidity, enlivened by a pillowy mousse. Concluding with a long and sapid finish, it's aromatically open but structurally tightly wound, so I suspect it will reward another few years' age on cork, even if it's hard to resist today. In any case, it deserves to participate in any discussion of the 2007 Champagne vintage's high points.”
96/100
Antonio Galloni
“The 2007 Dom Ruinart Rosé is another brilliant wine from Chef de Caves Frédéric Panaiotis in his first vintage at the house. Delicate, nuanced and wonderfully polished, the 2007 is airy and gracious in feel, with superb aromatic intensity and exceptional balance. Sweet floral notes, mint, spice and crushed red berries are all laced together in this very pretty, gracious Rosé. More finesse than power, the 2007 is positively sublime.”
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As a winemaker, Ruinart Chef de Cave Frédéric Panaïotis is excited by vintage 2018, "a year of extremes." However, as a human, he's worried about what it signifies for our changing climate. We tasted the vins clairs from this exceptional year at the house in Reims.
Chef de Cave Frédéric Panaïotis talked us through the 2017 vintage for Champagne Ruinart. Although a difficult year for Pinots, we tasted some stunning Chardonnay vins clairs and sampled the upcoming Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2007.
